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    • Nearly 40% of Aotearoa New Zealand has forests growing on it
    • Wood products grown in New Zealand travel all over the world
    • We can trace every single log right back to where it was grown
    • One pine tree can offset the greenhouse gases created by one sheep
    • Forestry in New Zealand is unique!
    • When it comes to forestry – pine trees are number one
    • The Climate Change Commission wants us to plant a lot more pine trees
    • Our native kārearea lives in our pine forests
    • Wooden buildings store carbon
    • Our native bat calls our forests home
    • You can study forestry at university
    • Canterbury has a long forestry history
    • Rangiora Nurseries is where many of our pine trees start out
    • SRS Sawmill is Canterbury's biggest sawmill
    • Wooden pallets make the world go around
    • We have machines for cutting down trees
    • Port Lyttelton plays an important role in Canterbury forestry
    • Wood products are one of New Zealand's most important exports
    • Our local Wood Council is our go-to for all things forestry
    • Toi Ohomai | Te Pūkenga is a great place to start your career in forestry.
    • We can all play a part in protecting our taonga
    • The story of kauri
    • The Kauri Museum has an operating sawmill!
    • Plantation forestry is big in Northland
    • Northland Wood Council – leading best practice and innovation
    • Forestry companies are helping out with Northland kiwi recovery
    • OneFortyOne at the top of the south
    • You can learn about forestry at Coronation Forest
    • Kaituna Sawmill works hard to reduce its environmental footprint
    • The Central North Island is NZ's largest forest growing region
    • Kaingaroa Forest is the largest plantation forest in Aotearoa
    • Red Stag Timber near Rotorua is the largest sawmill in New Zealand
    • Seventy Mile Bush used to be the biggest podocarp forest in the North Island
    • The lower North Island has lots and lots of woodlots
    • Logs take the train to CentrePort
    • NelsonPine LVL is the timber equivalent of steel
    • Forest Regeneration and Predator-free 2050
    • Making use of technology at Kiwi Lumber’s Masterton sawmill
    • Logs are sometimes transported using barges
    • Wilding pines are pines growing where they are not wanted
    • There is a New Zealand Timber Museum in Putaruru
    • Many of our leading forestry scientists are based in Rotorua
    • Whakarewarewa Forest is a must see!
    • Eastland Port is where many of our logs start their journey overseas
    • Kōura are thriving in Ernslaw One’s forests
    • Southland is leading the way on wood energy conversions
    • You can get a head start in your forestry career with the Generation Programme
    • Southland Beech trees are sustainably harvested
    • Tapanui was one of the first sawmilling centres in the South
    • “No two days are the same in forestry!”
    • Small sawmills fill a niche
    • Wood can help to decarbonise transport
    • Forestry waste can help us shift away from fossil fuels
    • Top quality plywood is made on the West Coast
    • Distance is not a problem for the team at Westco
    • Ngai Tahu Forestry is looking after the land and the people
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